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A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar conveniently summarizes introductory grammar knowledge into dictionary format. Student acquires a knowledge of basic grammar in more than provided by textbook descriptions, learning the difference between similar grammatical representations, and a review of basic grammar.

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January 1, 1989
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Japan Times; 1st paperback edition (January 1, 1989)
Language ‏ : ‎ English, Japanese
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 636 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 4789004546
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-4789004541
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.43 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.12 x 1.26 x 7.17 inches

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Best Grammar Book There Is & Probably Ever Will Be

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2016

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I'm going to tie in a Dictionary of Intermediate and Advanced Grammar here.

These books are amazing. I've studied for years and these are the best grammar books you can find. Go to Google and search for basic Japanese grammar. You'll get a lot of results, but each result will most likely only teach you very little grammar points, and the same ones at that.

This fat book truly gives basic grammar with very, very in-depth explanations along with plenty of example sentences. The explanations are clear. There hasn't been one point in which the explanation just confused me. I'm taking Japanese 1 and 2 at my college this year and the classes cover probably only an eighth of this book.

I will say this though: Before getting into even the 1st book in this series, you should know the overall basics of Japanese. Know how to conjugate verbs and adjectives, know sentence order, etc.

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ejw2010

Perfect except for the romaji

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2020

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This is purely for the "Basic" Japanese grammar dictionary, I'm hoping the Intermediate leaves the romaji behind entirely. This is not a textbook, most of the bad reviews were people looking for textbooks and being confused. This is the book to get when you find your textbooks unhelpful about a grammar point. For example, the Genki and Minna No Nihongo series both do a really good job of explaining the simplest grammar forms. But they don't do a good job of preparing people for the JLPT tests (except N5). So if you're independently studying and trying to follow the JLPT levels as a development goal, and you are trying to follow any kind of linear study path for grammar, you'll find a dearth of books - text or work - out there to help you. That's where this book comes in, to help with plenty of examples and excellent deconstruction of each grammatical usage. This, combined with a single grammar workbook, will get me through the grammar for the next levels with adequate examples and explanations in English (something the textbook I'm using pretends to have but doesn't). Once I have the grammar down, I'll then move to the vocabulary and reading workbooks that otherwise are non-linear and best used for review.

If you don't need a linear path for grammar study independent of the classic textbooks (Minna No Nihongo and Genki), you might not actually need this book. But otherwise... it's fairly necessary.

Only nit to pick is the romaji, which is honestly a huge nit to pick. Anybody who has studied Japanese with actual intent for longer than two weeks needs to ditch the romaji and you don't need even the basic grammar book in your first two weeks. Hiragana could have been used instead. Furigana could have been used instead. Seriously, romaji is usually a disqualifier for me in any text as it implies that one can possibly learn Japanese using it - you can't. It's not necessary and is usually harmful. It has no place in a serious JSL text, this included. I hope in later editions they learn their lesson. It also means you can organize the text not according to the English alphabet, which makes no sense, but according to the leading hiragana, which makes way more sense especially since grammar forms are usually in hiragana anyway.

TL/DR: This isn't a textbook, don't use it like one. If you need more/different grammar than your texts, get this, it's fantastic for that. Romaji is obnoxiously pervasive in the Basic book.

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Daniel Evensen

Simply The Best

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2021

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The Dictionary of Japanese Grammar series is simply the best grammar series I've ever come across in any language. The authors do an excellent job of combining complicated linguistic explanations replete with examples of both correct and incorrect sentences. Everything is easy to handle, even for beginners. Japanese grammar does not seem as foreboding and complicated with this excellent book at hand.

The only real criticism I have is that some of the English language explanations aren't as clear as they could be. However, this book more than makes up for those occasional dictionaries through its extensive use of examples.

Fortunately, the vocabulary used in this book is quite simple and easy to understand. That point alone sets this book apart from most textbook explanations of grammar, in which the authors usually feel the need to use whatever vocabulary was most recently introduced. Here the vocabulary words are simple and at an easy beginner level, allowing the student to focus on the grammar and not on the vocabulary.

Seriously - this is the best you'll find in any language. I wish that this series existed for other languages. The key to effective grammar teaching is repetition and extensive full-sentence examples. Others should take note.

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Eric Martin

Best purchase ever

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2017

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Was told by my professor, as well as many others through Japanese language learning websites that this book series is ESSENTIAL to anyone who seriously wants to learn and speak fluent Japanese. Have to say, they were absolutely right! Have these next to me during my long study sessions, and the amount of detail and example these go into for not just grammar rules, but (擬音語) onomatopoeia words and descriptions grammatical terms that you learn early on but forgot the true meanings of.

If you are serious about Japanese, stop second guessing and buy at least the Basic and Intermediate levels ASAP. Best purchase ever.

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Nathan Vegdahl

The explanations are clear and easy to understand

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2017

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(I am still learning beginning Japanese--I know enough to be dangerous, but am not even at JLPT5 yet, I suspect--so take this review with a grain of salt.)

Calling this book a dictionary is very appropriate, because that's exactly what it is. Having it at your side to look up grammar points (either what something means or how to say something) is invaluable. The explanations are clear and easy to understand, and the example sentences with translations help to solidify and further clarify the meanings of the grammar points and how to use them. There are many times when the explanations in my primary learning sources were confusing or ambiguous, and looking up those grammar points in this book has so far always cleared things up for me.

This book won't guide you through learning Japanese, but it doesn't claim to. It does exactly what it says on the cover, and does an outstanding job of it. I absolutely recommend it as a reference to have on hand while learning Japanese. As I advance in my Japanese, I definitely plan to buy the next books in the series as well.

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jademerald

Excellent Reference Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2017

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This is very much a reference book and not a textbook, but it's invaluable for those who want a deeper understanding of Japanese grammar.
It says "basic grammar" but it is far more in-depth than my textbook which claimed to be "complete".
The main part of the book is the dictionary itself: ordered in (romaji) alphabetical order. Each entry has a definition, translation(s), model and example sentences, explanatory notes and references to similar entries. It also has some helpful "Characteristics of Japanese Grammar" at the beginning and Appendices and Indices at the end.
This book is not for everyone; for one thing it's written in academic language which can be off-putting to those who are unfamiliar with it. If you're just starting out learning Japanese, you probably don't need this book just yet. But if you find your textbook doesn't go into enough detail for you, if you're genuinely interested in all the details or you just want to become really good at grammar, this is a great book.

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Quality Delivery of a Quality Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2020

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Despite my utter laziness in going to get the book from the post office after Royal Mail missing delivery, I am absolutely thrilled to say that it was sent much earlier than I expected. Long shipping time from Japan but the book was extremely well packaged, engulfed in bubble wrap and snugly tucked into something suitable for its size. No deformation of the book itself, no creases on the paper, it's in perfect condition!

This book is a beast. It's much larger than I initially thought it might be and after a good couple of hours perusing several concepts that I had a little trouble grasping, I can confidently say that the amount of detail in this book is perfect for filling those gaps of knowledge that tend to crop up whenever your knowledge is limited to more Western text books.

Though it is a dictionary it offers plenty of in situ examples and has a very clear format. As an English speaker, it also helps being able to look for particles/grammatical tools alphabetically via their romaji transcription, and although the feature can seem obvious, the shaded degradation to indicate the alphabetical segments just makes using it that much easier.

I'd read this out of sheer fascination the whole way through, but it really is a useful reference point - coming from a beginner-intermediate Japanese user who is still learning - for any questions that have been like an itch in the back of your mind.

I look forward to getting the other two in the set soon.

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Tomas Engström

A must have for anyone who's into Japenese

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2016

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Amazing book that will teach you A LOT about Japanese grammar points as well as some important notes on casual and formal speech, abbreviations and particles, and even more than that! Exceeded all of my expectations, a must have no matter how far you've come with your Japanese studies.

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Choudhry

If you can navigate is it's amazing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2021

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It's a little confusing on how to use or find the word you're looking for, but overall this content is quality.

Ethan

Don't waste you money

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2022

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Better grammar books are free it's called the internet, don't blow 40 pounds like I did save your money example sentences are what you need. Read either the AJATT | All Japanese All The Time, DONT waste you're money.

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